Wilmslow Rugby Club is an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

club based in

Wilmslow Wilmslow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England, south of Manchester city centre. The population was 24,497 at the 2011 Census. History Toponymy Wilmslow derives its name from Old ...

, Cheshire. The first XV team presently competes in

North 1 West North 1 West is a rugby union league at the sixth level within the English league system. The league is made up of teams from north west England and the Isle of Man; principally consisting of the English counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater ...

, which is a level six league within the

English rugby union system Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues. Promotion and relegation are in place throughout the system. Women's Rugby union in England cons ...

. This follows their relegation from

North Premier North Premier was a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the fourteen teams drawn from across Northern England. The other leagues at this level were London & South East Premier, Midlands Premier and South West Premier. Th ...

at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season.

History

In 2018, Wilmslow reached the national levels of the sport for the first time by achieving promotion through winning the 2017-18

North 1 East North 1 East is the sixth tier of the English rugby union domestic competition, formed in 1987 using the name North Division 2, involving clubs from the north of the country. There was also division known as North East 1 that began in 1987 f ...

promotion play-off. Nonetheless, this transition proved to be challenging. The club concluded at the bottom of the North Premier league and subsequently faced immediate relegation back into North 1 West.

Club honours

* Cheshire Cup winners: 1971–72 *

North West 2 North West 2 was an English Rugby Union league which was at the eighth tier of the domestic competition and was available to teams in North West England. Promoted teams moved up to North West 1 while relegated teams dropped to North West 3. ...

champions: 1993–94 * Cheshire Plate winners: 1994–95 * South Lancs/Cheshire 1 champions (2): 2001–02, 2007–08 * Cheshire Vase winners: 2014–15

References

External links

Official club website
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